mysticalmac Posted 10 December , 2006 Share Posted 10 December , 2006 My Grandad was in two regiments during the was one reg was the Seaforth Highlanders and the other was The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders i dont know which order they came in i can locate him in the Seaforths but i cannot find anything at all about him being in the Camerons His name was Benjamin Macleod from Altass, Sutherland, Scotland his DOB is 13/06/1896 i know he was wounded in one regiment and sent home he then joined the other regiment telling them he had never been in the army (devil for punishment) he was then wounded again and pensioned out of the army. I would be most grateful if anyone could throw any light at all on this puzzle Regards Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 10 December , 2006 Share Posted 10 December , 2006 There appears to ba a medal card for him in the Seaforths (with 2 service numbers) have you examined this? It might well give an indication as to whether he was discharged or not and some dates regarding entry into theater which would help your time line regarding which regiment came first. The service numbers might help here but I do not know enough to be able to date by those. Another thing to consider - if he rejoined - did he use his real name (or a version of it?) If I were to rejoin I think I would probably not use my real name (maybe a version of it?) for fear of being discovered. Did he perhaps have a middle name he might have used? There appear to be a lot of MaCleods in the Camerons! Here is the catalogue entry for the medal card Medal card of MacLeod, Benjamin Corps Regiment No Rank Seaforth Highlanders S/10940 Private Seaforth Highlanders 33907 Private Date 1914-1920 Catalogue reference WO 372/13 Hope this helps - I am sure others more expert will weigh in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 10 December , 2006 Share Posted 10 December , 2006 Hi Allan, just noticed that 4thGordons has beaten me to it, cheers, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticalmac Posted 10 December , 2006 Author Share Posted 10 December , 2006 Hi Thanks for the reply but i do have this card but this card is very confusing as it says he was only in for a total of 17 days and this would not have covered basic training yes he had a middle name "Dawson" but i cant find anything on that name but it still might be there as i am no expert this is the first time i have done any research and was hoping someone would point me in the right direction. Regards Allan There appears to ba a medal card for him in the Seaforths (with 2 service numbers) have you examined this? It might well give an indication as to whether he was discharged or not and some dates regarding entry into theater which would help your time line regarding which regiment came first. The service numbers might help here but I do not know enough to be able to date by those. Another thing to consider - if he rejoined - did he use his real name (or a version of it?) If I were to rejoin I think I would probably not use my real name (maybe a version of it?) for fear of being discovered. Did he perhaps have a middle name he might have used? There appear to be a lot of MaCleods in the Camerons! Here is the catalogue entry for the medal card Medal card of MacLeod, Benjamin Corps Regiment No Rank Seaforth Highlanders S/10940 Private Seaforth Highlanders 33907 Private Date 1914-1920 Catalogue reference WO 372/13 Hope this helps - I am sure others more expert will weigh in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 10 December , 2006 Share Posted 10 December , 2006 Hi Allan, any chance you could post a copy of his MIC, cheers, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 10 December , 2006 Share Posted 10 December , 2006 hahahah this time Jon beat me to it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticalmac Posted 10 December , 2006 Author Share Posted 10 December , 2006 Hi All Here is the MIC that i have for him i dont know if it means anything but when i found it it says 1 card of many for this collection does this mean he might have more? Regards Allan Hi Allan, any chance you could post a copy of his MIC, cheers, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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